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Bison Analytics Gives QuickBooks Users Advanced Reporting, Analytics

Bison System provides users with customized dashboard and reporting capabilities using InetSoft technology.

June 11, 2013

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Bison Analytics, which specializes in extraction and delivery of accurate QuickBooks data for analysis, has incorporated features from InetSoft Technology, a mashup-driven dashboard and reporting solutions provider, to help QuickBooks visualize their data. The solution, Bison Systems, uses InetSoft’s Style Intelligence BI solution as the front-end, enabling users to view their information in dashboards and detailed analytics reports.

The Bison System is a specialized, hosted business intelligence tool with a data connector available for millions of QuickBooks customers. It extracts QuickBooks data, securely transfers it to the Bison servers, and immediately processes it into the customer’s database. Within moments, the data is available for dashboards and customized reporting for QuickBooks business stakeholders.

The Bison System’s flexible and simple-to-operate reporting system incorporates Style Intelligence so users can quickly create personalized dashboards and reports. The solution provides secure access to QuickBooks data on an as-needed basis. Dashboards, visualizations, and highly formatted reports are easily created in a Web browser and enables users to import their own data from Excel, creating instant mashups of anything the user can imagine.

The Bison System is full of high-level features that are easy to use for QuickBooks companies. For example, QuickBooks companies can place alerts on key metrics and receive e-mail alerts if an important threshold is crossed, or they can schedule reports to be delivered via e-mail at a desired time.